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HELLO DALAI! HIS HOLINESS visits N STREET VILLAGE
From: The Tibet Connection
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The Dalai Lama visits a women's homeless shelter in WASHINGTON DC

  • Added: Jun 11, 2008
  • Length: 05:43
The Black Jews of Chicago
From: Eric Molinsky
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Rabbi Capers Funnye leads the black Jews of Chicago.

Bought by Vocalo.org, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 09, 2008
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 3
The Perfect Gift for the Five-Foot Basketball Player
From: Curie Youth Radio
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What one young man wants more than anything: height

  • Added: Apr 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:33
Sly Crooner Episode #14 Do You Got The Funk?
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
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The swank mailbag is overflowing with controversial questions.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
Joe Jennings' Farm
From: Warren Black
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"I'm going to my J-O-Y, not my J-O-B."

  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
More than Pimps and Pushers: A Lotta Love, Too
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Come to the game and see a Chicago neighborhood from a new point of view.

Bought by Vocalo.org, KZYX, WBEZ, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
To the Death with My Dad
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Kirsten and her father don't really talk to each other, but they still connect: through video games.

Bought by XRAY.fm and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 2
For Valentine's Day ... Trudy Pitts and "Mr C," in their own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Partners in music, and in life, for somewhere around 50 years ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KGLT, and KGLT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2007
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Benjamin Carson
From: This I Believe
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Renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson believes he owes his life and career to his mother.

Bought by Radio Catskill, WJAB, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 3
Southwest Side Stories: The Hot Place to Be
From: ChiTownGirl group
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Here's why Cornell Park is the hot place to be.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:17
The Third Unheard: Connecticut's Hip-Hop History
From: Derek John
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A long forgotten hip-hop scene is unearthed in the unlikeliest of places.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 29, 2005
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
Gateway High Steppers
From: KCUR
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Practice with the Gateway High Steppers, a drill team in Kansas City, Kansas.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Aug 12, 2005
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Maxey's Mansion
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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Alva Maxey-Boyd, now in her nineties, defied race covenants, urban renewal bulldozers, and two Mayor Daleys in a seven-decade battle to get and kee...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV, WLUW, and WYSO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 25:07
  • Purchases: 5
Parking Ticket Writer-Long Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The most hated woman in the world -- the parking ticket writer -- gives her side of the story

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KPIK-LP, KSJD, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 8
Healthy Babies
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The van that's keeping babies healthy one mother at a time.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUHB and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2003
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 7
Parking Ticket Writer-Short Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The most hated woman in the world -- the parking ticket writer -- gives her side of the story

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHB, WUAL, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 22, 2003
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 4